There¡¯s some concerning trends playing out within the transportation industry. In short, freight costs are a percent of sales are rising for most companies. CFO, business owners and managers are taking notice and greater interest in what to do about it. Well there¡¯s four or five underlying causes : Diesel up 100% since April 2009 : 15% fewer trucks since 2008 as an outcome of the recession : New Trucks cost 25% than they did in 2007. : Proposed new rules further limit driver¡¯s work hours. Requiring more trucks & drivers amid a looming driver shortage. So questions business owners, CFO and other stakeholders are asking is: How do these and other factors influence our shipping costs? How do we know if we are effectively leveraging our transportation spend? How can we better manage and control these costs? Tandem Connect is about answering these and other questions. It¡¯s about implementing the right processes and supporting technologies to achieve best practices, and overall supply chain success.